rik@ucla-cs.UUCP (06/17/85)
%A C. Arden Miller %T Infant Mortality in The U.S. %J Scientific American %V 253 %N 1 %D July 1985 %P 31-37 %Z An abrupt slowing of the decline in infant deaths coincides with cutbacks in Federal programs. %A Robert Hamilton Brown %A Dale P. Cruikshank %T The Moons of Uranus, Neptune and Pluto %J Scientific American %V 253 %N 1 %D July 1985 %P 38-47 %Z Soon Voyager 2 will provide closeup views of these small, icy satellites. %A Charles H. Bennett %A Rolf Landauer %T The Fundamental Physical Limits of Computation %J Scientific American %V 253 %N 1 %D July 1985 %P 48-56 %Z No minimum expenditure of energy is required. Are there other constraints? %A G. Ledyard Stebbins %A Francisco J. Ayala %T The Evolution of Darwinism %J Scientific American %V 253 %N 1 %D July 1985 %P 72-82 %Z Fresh data and new interpretations alter and amplify the synthetic theory; they do not contradict it. %A Gary K. Beauchamp %A Kunio Yamazaki %A Edward A. Boyse %T The Chemosensory Recognition of Genetic Individuality %J Scientific American %V 253 %N 1 %D July 1985 %P 86-92 %Z Mice are able to sniff out genetic differences. %A Peter M. Warren %T Minoan Palaces %J Scientific American %V 253 %N 1 %D July 1985 %P 94-103 %Z Detailed study of their architecture, and thus of their functions, reconstructs a Bronze Age society. %A Arie Issar %T Fossil Water under the Sinai-Negev Peninsula %J Scientific American %V 253 %N 1 %D July 1985 %P 104-110 %Z A vast underground reservoir formed during the latest ice age can be exploited to water the desert. %A Douglass H. Morse %T Milkweeds and Their Visitors %J Scientific American %V 253 %N 1 %D July 1985 %P 112-119 %Z Nectar-feeders, herbivores, predators and parasites gather to form a model ecological community.